And there is the potential to take videos developed for cassettes onto cable television.

- conveniences like a coin holder and storage for cassettes or compact disks, although the audio system can play both.

A bin under the center armrest has spaces for compact disks, cassettes and tissues.

Three years ago the price for such cassettes was about $29.95.

But equipment is extremely difficult to replace and programmers are always looking for new CD's and cassettes.

His customers for cassettes and second-hand records don't even look at them.

Schulhof, too, suggests its inevitability: "Eventually, there will be a digital replacement for compact cassettes."

The work was not made easier by Boss's eccentric insistence on paper books for much of his library rather than cassettes or microfiche or disks.

Many cassette makers offer their own music in trade for cassettes from others, so that no money changes hands.

The jumbo storage compartment under the center armrest is also inspired, with spaces for a laptop computer, a mobile phone, cassettes and small items.